Having crashed out of the group stage at Euro 2016 and having seen competitive action only in last summer's Confederations Cup during the last two years, Russia had dropped to No 70 in the FIFA Rankings.

But they have amply compensated for a lack of form with plenty of running and a clinical touch in front of goal.

England, for their part, ran a total of 105km in their last-gasp 2-1 victory over Tunisia on Monday night.